The purpose of this study was to examine what factors affected the smoking knowledge and attitude of junior college students in some area of Gyeonggi province, as the rate of smokers was high among college students. The subjects in this study were all the male and female freshmen, sophomores and juniors in a junior college. Data were gathered for seven days from June 5 through 12, 2006, by conducting a survey. After assistants were explained about the purpose of the study to ask for their help, the survey was conducted by visiting the college. 600 questionnaires were handed out, and the answer sheets from 568 students were gathered, which showed the response rate stood at 94.7 percent.
The findings of the study were as follows:
First, by gender, the rate of the male students who smoked a cigarette or more everyday was far larger than that of the female students who did(p=.0001).
Second, by academic year, the sophomores made up the largest group that was smoking a cigarette or more everyday, followed by the freshmen and juniors(p=.0001).
Third, in terms of the impact of families, the students who were smoking a cigarette or more a day were under the most influence of the rate of smokers among their siblings(p=.0001).
Fourth, concerning connections between the current smoking state and smoking attitude, those who had never smoked responded to smoking in a very negative manner, and the students who smoked but not everyday responded to that in a less negative way(p=.0001).
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